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courageous

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Synonyms & Antonyms of courageous

feeling or displaying no fear by temperament

the courageous decision to quit rather than obey an illegal order

Synonyms for courageous

bold,
brave,
dauntless,
doughty,
fearless,
gallant,
greathearted,
gutsy,
gutty,
heroic
(also heroical),
intrepid,
lionhearted,
manful,
stalwart,
stout,
stouthearted,
undauntable,
undaunted,
valiant,
valorous

Words Related to courageous

determined,
firm,
game,
gamy
(or gamey),
gritty,
plucky,
resolute,
Spartan,
undeterred,
undismayed,
unflinching,
unswerving

mettlesome,
spirited,
spunky

adventuresome,
adventurous,
audacious,
daring,
dashing,
hardy,
venturesome,
venturous

crazy,
foolish,
half-witted,
insane,
lunatic,
mad,
nutty

brash,
brazen,
daredevil,
foolhardy,
heedless,
hotheaded,
impetuous,
imprudent,
impulsive,
incautious,
madcap,
overbold,
overconfident,
rash,
reckless,
thoughtless,
wild

hasty,
headlong,
precipitate

comforted,
emboldened,
encouraged,
heartened,
reassured,
unafraid

Near Antonyms for courageous

diffident,
mousy
(or mousey),
scary,
shy,
skittish,
timid

anxious,
apprehensive,
nervous

careful,
cautious,
heedful,
prudent,
unadventurous

afraid,
agitated,
disconcerted,
disquieted,
disturbed,
frightened,
horrified,
panicked,
panic-stricken,
perturbed,
scared,
shocked,
spooked,
startled,
terrified,
terrorized,
unnerved,
upset

appalled,
concerned,
dismayed,
worried

unmanly,
weak,
wimpy

Antonyms for courageous

chicken,
chickenhearted,
chicken-livered,
coward,
cowardly,
craven,
dastardly,
fainthearted,
fearful,
gutless,
lily-livered,
milk-livered
[archaic],
nerveless,
poltroon,
poor-spirited,
pusillanimous,
spineless,
spiritless,
timorous,
uncourageous,
ungallant,
unheroic,
weakhearted,
yellow

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